Hello Fabulous Fourth Grade Families!

This week we will be taking the TerraNova Exams. Please ensure your child comes to school each day having eaten a good breakfast. Students should also make sure they have at least 2 #2 pencils, a water bottle, and a book to read. We will be taking the TerraNova tests on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning.

Below you will find what we will be doing for each subject this week:

ELA: This week we are reading The Spiderwick Chronicles Book 2: The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizo and Holly Black. We will also be continuing our unit of argumentative writing. Students will finish writing their argumentative essay answering the question, did the patriots have the right to begin the American Revolution? Students should have a typed final essay submitted on google classroom by Friday. In grammar we will continue our study of verbs.

Math: This week in Math we be working on strengthening our math facts, as well as re-introducing fractions. We will begin Module 11 on 1-26, after Terra Nova testing.

Religion: In religion we will be planning our class chapel service for 1/28.

Social Studies: In S.S. we continue Chapter 4, New York in the Revolution. We will start learning about the battles in the revolution as well as key leaders in the revolution. Our next S.S. project, Revolution Bottle Biographies will be due on 1/28. We will be presenting our projects on 1/28 to 1/30.

Science: This week we will be continuing our unit of science, animal and plant adaptations. We will be answering the question, Why would a sea turtle eat a plastic bag?

Blessings,
Ms. Stainkamp